From c248c9d73741e6da70c5a8967677778d0a4af833 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Supernault <danielsupernault@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 23:25:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update FollowerController

---
 app/Http/Controllers/FollowerController.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/FollowerController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/FollowerController.php
index 15709cd97..a487ac079 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/FollowerController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/FollowerController.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class FollowerController extends Controller
         $private = (bool) $target->is_private;
         $isFollowing = Follower::whereProfileId($user->id)->whereFollowingId($target->id)->count();
 
-        if($private == true) {
+        if($private == true && $isFollowing == 0) {
             $follow = new FollowRequest;
             $follow->follower_id = $user->id;
             $follow->following_id = $target->id;